Archie Comics Publications has made a pact with CAA. The agency, which brokered many Mattel film and TV productions, is now going to take care of famous Archie Comics brands such as Archie & Friends, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, Cosmo the Merry Martian, Super Duck, and Dotty and Ditto.

Hollywood is hungry for established brands, hence, the Archie Comics deal.

Similar to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, the Producers Guild of America has expanded nominations for its top feature film category to 10!

The Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award will be expanded from 5 to 10.

PGA president Marshall Herskovitz says, "The PGA board approved the expansion of our best-produced picture category nominations to support our colleagues at the Academy, but also because we feel it better represents the unprecedented diversity of films being produced today."

Nominations for the Producers Guild of America award will be announced January 5th. The ceremony will take place January 24th at the Hollywood Palladium.

"Precious" Tops Toronto Film Festival! Is It This Year's "Slumdog Millionaire?"

Monday, September 21, 2009, 12:13 AMPosted by Manny

"Precious, Based on the Novel, 'Push' by Sapphire," Lee Daniels' inner-city drama took home the 34th Toronto Film Festival's People's Choice award!

"Precious" already won the Sundance's grand jury, audience, and acting for Mo'Nique (she's poised to win Best Supporting Actress Oscar!) so yeah, the film is headed to the Academy Awards.

Last year's Toronto Film Fest winner, "Slumdog Millionaire," swept the Academy Awards, expect "Precious" to get love this Oscar season. And the film has the magic touch of Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry. Both are executive producers of the movie.

Here's the complete list of winners at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival:

"Paranormal Activity," billed as this year's "Blair Witch Project," is set to scare horror fans in the U.S. It's utterly creepy!

Written, directed, and produced by Oren Peli, the innovative thriller stars Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat as a young, middle class couple who moves into an unassuming tract house. But then, they become increasingly disturbed by a malevolent presence.

Take a look at the trailer below:

Paramount Pictures will debut "Paranormal Activity" at midnight screenings in eight different markets. The Slamdance and Telluride Film Festival favorite will debut on Thursday, Sept. 24th at the following cities: